diff --git a/electrsd/Cargo.toml b/electrsd/Cargo.toml
index 52f103dc..b2bebee8 100644
--- a/electrsd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/electrsd/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ zip = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, optional = true, features = [
   "bzip2",
   "deflate",
 ] }
-bitreq = { version = "0.3.5", path = "../bitreq", default-features = false, optional = true, features = [
-  "https",
-] }
+bitreq = { version = "0.3.5", path = "../bitreq", optional = true, features = ["https"] }
 
 [features]
 legacy = []